Edinburgh. Extraordinary futures await.
We live in a complex, fast-changing world and we’re honest about the significant challenges facing us all. As a leading global university, we know education will play a vital role solving those challenges and relish our shared responsibility to respond to them.
World-leading reputation
TheUniversity of Edinburghis one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50*, and placed 34th in the2026 QS World University Rankings. Our entrepreneurial and cross-disciplinary culture attracts students and staff from across the globe, creating a unique Edinburgh experience. Whatever excites you, whatever your ambition, whatever makes you ‘you’, we know one thing; nothing ordinary comes from this extraordinary place.
What is Edinburgh known for?
At the University of Edinburgh, extraordinary is just something our community has always done. Working together, for more than 400 years, we’ve influenced the world in extraordinary ways – expanding the depth of human knowledge and improving the lives of people worldwide.
Research conducted here led to the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia, the Higgs boson particle and in-vitro fertilisation. Our academics, students and alumni discovered carbon dioxide, led the Scottish Enlightenment laying the foundations of contemporary thought, developed a genetically engineered vaccine against Hepatitis B, and identified the SARS coronavirus.
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Study with us
We currently have almost 50,000 students studying with us and students from 180 different countries have studied here in the last 10 years, the University of Edinburgh continues to attract the world’s greatest minds.
We offer almost400 undergraduate (bachelor) degreesacross 60 different subjects - many of these are joint honours degrees, offering the potential for innovative cross-disciplinary subject combinations - as well as over300 taught programmesfrom than 150 academic disciplines, and more than70 online programmesacross a wide range of subject areas. We have around 4,000 students currently studying online with us and we take the delivery of teaching online just as seriously as we do on-campus..
Our students have been making an impact on the world for more than 400 years. Each year is different – every individual, every degree, every campus experience is unique and a vital part of our mission to make the world a better place.
(*Times Higher Education World Rankings)